KIRALY & ASSOC. ARCHITECTURE

Description of Work: I contacted Mr. Kiraly to design a house in Sept. 2011 and he mislead me on the price and I feel he overcharged for his services. The plan he designed was based on an existing plan and when asked to make it smaller than 3600 sq feet he said he could not but he could take one of his smaller plans and enlarge it to save on cost. I had already paid him $2090 dollars and I did not want to have that money wasted. He said that even with the larger floor plan sketch and the new on the cost would still be well under $1.50 a sq foot. We shrunk the plan to 2800 sq foot and he charged an additional $3900 for the finish this revised plan. He continually mislead me on price even though the initial contract said I could be charged up to $2 sq foot to arrive at a single final plan. He took the attitude that we had two separate plans when we just had him doing one but of different sizes. He dragged the plan out and did not return several calls and only responded when I sent him letters of concern. He always insisted he was on vacation or out and over memorial day weekend he emailed that he would call and he never did. I think overall his design services are not bad but he does several things I do not like:1. He retains the copyright to your project but does not tell you upfront. Perhaps most architects do this. I would have changed that had I known.2. He doesn't return calls promptly.3. Work seems to drag out too long.4. He has you sign a price for up to $2/ sq foot and then tells you it will never reach that cost and gives conflicting information of where you are on the price.5. He gave me sample plans of someone's house with their name on them in full detail which I think is dangerous to let copies of someone's entire layout of their house be floating out there in public.Overall I would recommend getting a plan from a book and taking it to an architect to check over or alter. It will be cheaper, faster and less stressful. I would not recommend this architect not for the quality of his work but for his business practices.